Six family members die in Cross River crash

Tragedy struck on the Calabar-Ikom highway in Cross River State when a trailer hit a car and killed six members of a family.

Cameroonian Gendarmes Attack Displaces 1000 Bakassi Indigenes

Nigerian physicist Francisca Okeke wins UNESCO science award

A Nigerian physicist Professor Francisca Okeke is one of the four winners of the 2013 L’Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science.

Okeke won the award for her contributions "to the understanding of daily variations of the ion currents in the upper atmosphere which may further our understanding of climate change."

Aero resumes flight operation after Senate’s intervention

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Aerocontractors Airlines is expected to resume full flight operation today (Monday), 18 days after it suspended it following protests by workers over work conditions.

The airline had by the weekend commenced skeletal services, including test and positioning flights.

What Exactly Is Happening In Imo State?

My cousin, Godfrey – Goddy for short – is not particularly unknown in political circles in Imo State. Under Nigeria’s prolonged military rule, I managed to prevail on him not to accept to serve, either as Commissioner or Special Adviser, any military administration in Owerri. We argued several times, and for many hours, on this matter, and in each instance, he conceded that the points I raised were convincing.

Chinua Achebe, African Literary Titan, Dies at 82

Chinua Achebe in 2008 at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he was a professor at the time. Credit: Craig Ruttle/Associated Press

Chinua Achebe, the Nigerian author and towering man of letters whose internationally acclaimed fiction helped to revive African literature and to rewrite the story of a continent that had long been told by Western voices, died on Thursday in Boston. He was 82.

Nigeria Soon To Launch $1 Billion Eurobond For Infrastructure Projects

Nigeria’s $1 billion Eurobond is poised to be unveiled before the end of September this year, Abraham Nwankwo, Director-General, Debt Management Office (DMO), told Business Day on Monday.

NMA backs striking Lagos doctors

The Chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association,Dr.Temiye Edamisan, on Wednesday pledged the support of the NMA for the indefinite strike embarked upon by the striking doctors in the employ of the state.

System collapse compounds power sector crisis

WEEKS of power shortages across the nation, punctuated by lamentations in the Ministry of Power over gas shortages and system collapse, have shown the futility of unduly tinkering with the Electric Power Sector Reform programme.

Big solar storm strikes the Earth, raises fears of disruption

Messi Set UCL Record in Five Star Performance

Lionel Messi

Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has become the first ever player to score five goals in a single Champions League match following Wednesday’s 7-1 thrashing of Bayer Leverkusen at Camp Nou

South Africa apologizes to Nigeria over deportations

South Africa on the map

The South African government has issued an apology to the Nigerian government over the deportation of its citizens from the Johannesburg Airport, a gesture that was equally reciprocated by the Nigerian authorities causing a diplomatic row between the two countries.

NERC clears way for States, Discos to generate, distribute electricity

L-R: Muhammad Lawal Bello, vice chairman, NERC; Sam Amadi, chairman, NERC, and Patrick Umeh, commissioner, Finance and Management Service, NERC, during the signing of the Independent Electricity Distribution Network Regulation and Embedded Generation in Abuja, yesterday. Pic by Tunde Adeniyi

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has signed into effect regulations for two critical licence types that would allow independent interests to generate and distribute power.

Fake Power Horse energy drink in Aba

Aba Special Zone of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted the public of fake Power Horse energy drink in circulation in the local market.

Nigeria deports 33 more South Africans

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Olugbenga Ashiru

Nigeria on Wednesday night deported 33 South Africans on arrival in the country through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.

UEFA charges Wenger for improper conduct

Arsene Wenger has been charged with improper conduct by UEFA after confronting referee Damir Skomina following Arsenal’s 3-0 win over AC Milan on Wednesday night.

Milan survive Arsenal onslaught

AC Milan survived an almighty scare against a rejuvenated Arsenal to scrape into the Champions League quarter-finals 4-3 on aggregate on Tuesday despite being thrashed 3-0 by the London side who almost pulled off mission impossible.

Why North Is Angry With Jonathan’s Government

Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum and governor of Niger State, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu

THE political dichotomy between the North and South appears to be festering quietly ahead of 2015.

Ikemba: ‘On Aburi We Stand’

SIR: It is a significant and fitting metaphor that the death of Ikemba Odumegwu-Ojukwu has raised such a euphoria of National adoration.

Nigeria risks coup, without national conference —Musa

Prominent northern leader and former Kaduna State governor, Balarabe Musa, has warned that the refusal of the Presidency and the National Assembly to allow the proposed National Conference to hold could lead to a social revolution or military coup.